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From: blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Getting cantModify
Message-ID: <1749@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 10 May 89 14:07:19 GMT
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In article <1114@orbit.UUCP> american@pnet51.cts.com (Jeff Iverson) writes:
> However, much to my chagrin, I discovered that while
> one may set cantModify, they may not get cantModify.

Sure you can.  Try "put the cantModify of this stack".  You'll get back 
the current setting.  Another example (that I use frequently) is
  set the cantmodify of this stack to not the cantmodify of this stack

--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"